Books for Youth & Adults

Loreen Plett Zehr The fascinating story of Alexander the Great, his intense desire for conquest and his search for love amidst hatred. Paperback 280 pages

Nothing, it seemed—not even the prestige of working in the White House and the CIA—could take away Tom’s disillusionment and despair. Did God even care? In His own time and place He answered. Through an unexpected voice and an unpretentious Amish man, Tom Kirkman was forever changed. Paperback 352 pgs.

There was no time to react. As the cycles came into view, the young men’s hearts froze. Boko Haram! The thought struck all three of them with frightening reality. Boko Haram soldiers often drove around on motorcycles doing their pillaging, but they usually hit at night, not in the morning. “There’s no time to run!” Tumba hissed. 16-page color photo section Paperback 272 pgs.

"You ask about this picture all the time, Tina!" Mom exclaimed as Tina pointed to the drawing of the Man on the cross. "I don't know why they did it to him. His name is Jesus. Now stop asking!" Mom turned back to rinsing the clothes. "Besides, you ought not to have the book outdoors." Somberly, but still staring at the picture, Tina retraced her steps. The Man had to be in a lot of pain! Those were huge nails. She...

Crying in anguish, young Luba clung to her mother as the car carrying her father disappeared. Would she ever see him again? Growing up in Ukraine at the height of the Soviet Union’s power, Luba survived a deadly man-made famine and was forced to toil in a labor camp. But perhaps most unsettling of all were the agonizing questions: Are the communists right? Is there really no God? As Luba and her son Sergei and his...